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Originally Posted by jrc
"...BoaterEd is a club of people talking about boats, it's education is answering questions posted on the wesite. A worthy effort but hardly in the same class as BoatUS..."
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It's like here, but bog-slow and for cruiser captains.
I read today a current topic on how cautious they are around the many unlighted boats in their various after-dark cruising environments.
They don't have
naked Brattleboro kayakers—the cruisers all have radar and it's far worse for them!
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Originally Posted by jrc
"...I'm a member as well. If Les has an opinion on Winnipesaukee speed limits, why doesn't he log on here and make it known? Your out of context quote doesn't convince me..."
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Les already moderates at least two forums and manages a related business.
He stepped into BoaterEd's Winnipesaukee speed topic in 2005. My brief summary appears
HERE.
And from our own archive in full,
HERE.
Minus the map of Lake Winnipesaukee which heads his post, I've quoted Les' entire post below:
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"Has any one here actually looked at a map of the lake?
"At best there's a nine or ten mile stretch down the middle. At 75, that's a good six minute ride. As most of you know, I'm very much opposed to additional marine regulation. However, just because of the sheer numbers and varieties of boats on inland waters, sometimes a quantifiable limit is a good idea.
"Operating to endanger" is far too subjective and, without a speed limit, virtually unenforcable. Florida has a 25 MPH speed limit on long stretches of the ICW that seems to work well. New Hampshire as a 55 MPH limit on long stretches of I93, as well as minimum speed limits, where all of the vehicles on the road have been inspected and are capable of reaching that speed.
"In my opinion, it would be far better to impose a reasonable speed limit now than wait until a couple of kids in a kayak are killed by someone doing 80 on the lake. Then you'll have the public screaming for a much reduced limit.
"There's an ocean not an hour's drive from the lake. That's a great place to run a boat at 75."
Les Hall, ATC Forum Host
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Sounds sensible, huh?